machzor
[ Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuh r ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊr; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɑx zoʊr, -zɔr, -zər /
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noun, plural mach·zo·rim [Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zoh-rim] /Sephardic Hebrew mɑx zɔˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊ rɪm/, English.
mach·zors. Hebrew. mahzor.
Nearby words
macho, machpelah, machree, machtpolitik, machu picchu, machzor, macintosh, macintosh, charles, maciver, maciver, robert morrison, mack
Definition for machzor (2 of 2)
mahzor
or mach·zor
[ Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuh r ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊr; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɑx zoʊr, -zɔr, -zər /
noun, plural mah·zo·rim [Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zoh-rim] /Sephardic Hebrew mɑx zɔˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊ rɪm/, English mah·zors. Hebrew.
a Jewish prayer book designed for use on festivals and holy days.
Compare siddur.
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Examples from the Web for machzor
The Machzor for Pentecost says, Israelites are as "full of meritorious works as a pomegranate is full of pips."
With a sense of something vaguely strange, she bent her eyes downward on her neighbour's Machzor.
Ghetto Tragedies|Israel Zangwill
British Dictionary definitions for machzor (1 of 2)
machzor
mahzor
/ Hebrew (maxˈzɔr, English mɑːkˈzɔː) /
noun plural -zorim (-zɔˈriːm, English -zəˈriːm)
a Jewish prayer book containing prescribed holiday rituals
Word Origin for machzor
literally: cycle
British Dictionary definitions for machzor (2 of 2)
mahzor
/ Hebrew (maxˈzɔr, English mɑːkˈzɔː) /
noun plural -zorim (-zɔˈriːm, English -zəˈriːm)
a variant spelling of machzor
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